http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703939404574566124250205490.htm l Last year, ExxonMobil donated $7 million to a grab-bag of public policy institutes, including the Aspen Institute, the Asia Society and Transparency International. It also gave a combined $125,000 to the Heritage Institute and the National Center for Policy Analysis, two conservative think tanks that have offered dissenting views on what until recently was calledwithout ironythe climate change "consensus." Consider the case of Phil Jones, the director of the CRU and the man at the heart of climategate. According to one of the documents hacked from his center, between 2000 and 2006 Mr. Jones was the recipient (or co-recipient) of some $19 million worth of research grants, a sixfold increase over what he'd been awarded in the 1990s. but its OK really because *Antarctica protected from global warming by hole in ozone layer* http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/world/Antarctica-protected-from-global-warmin g.5871004.jp tying two scams together! But at least we know why the oceans aren't rising, its because the ice is thickening.... or is it really? *Nations will vanish and millions lose their homes to rising seas* http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article6938378.ece Very convenient that CRU has disposed of raw data, if they ever had any, but what they have is promised to be released. If, when reviewed by folks not on government payroll or grants, the conclusions hold up, then we will have settled science. Not as long as Phil peer reviews Michael and Michael reviews Phil. And maybe intelligence insulting stories like the two cited above will cease. This history of climate studies is only 30 years old. A fascinating history. Once this current nonsense blows over, maybe we can get to the real science of climate, to understand the mechanisms of why weather works and get away from the politics and BS. Mike *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Dec 01 2009 - 07:23:53 PST
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